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Thursday 29 December 2011

FACTBOX: Challenges faced by Cambodian garment workers


Workers wait outside shoe factory gates. TrustLaw/Amy Lieberman

28 Dec 2011
Source: trustlaw
By Amy Lieberman

TrustLaw- The Cambodian garment industry, which suffered during the 2008 global economic and financial crisis, grew 26 percent in 2010 and productivity reached pre-crisis levels, according to the International Labor Organization.

- Cambodia's garment workers receive one of the lowest wages in the region – now a minimum of USD $61 a month – when compared to rising wages of Chinese, Vietnamese and Bangladeshi garment factory workers, according to USAID.

- The roughly $2 daily wage, double what one-third of Cambodians take in each day, has become the source of near weekly protests, factory shutdowns and frequent negotiations in Phnom Penh over the past several years.

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